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molbio-unige/php-word-view
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PhpWordView plugin for CakePHP

1.1.1(3y ago)121MITPHP

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PhpWordView plugin for CakePHP
==============================

[](#phpwordview-plugin-for-cakephp)

This plugin renders Word documents using the [PhpWord](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord) library. This plugin uses the `TemplateProcessor` of PhpWord.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install this plugin into your CakePHP application using [composer](https://getcomposer.org).

The recommended way to install composer packages is:

```
composer require molbio-unige/php-word-view

```

### Enable plugin

[](#enable-plugin)

Load the plugin by running command

```
bin/cake plugin load PhpWordView

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Two different ways to render.

### PHPWord TemplateProcessor

[](#phpword-templateprocessor)

To be used if you need to render simple documents. Serialize the data you want to insert into the template.

The templates are expected to be present in `src/Templates/Model/docx/`, and having `.docx` filename extension. Template files are just plain word document, not Word model documents.

[Create a template document](https://phpword.readthedocs.io/en/latest/templates-processing.html)

```
public function imprimatur()
{
    $imprimatur = '667';
    $this->viewBuilder()
         ->setClassName('PhpWordView.PhpWord');

    $data = [
        'title' => 'Beati Pauperes Spiritu,
        'imprimatur' => $imprimatur,
    ];
    $_serialize = 'data';
    $this->set(compact('data', '_serialize'));
}
```

### PHPWord full api

[](#phpword-full-api)

To be used when a simple search-replace is not sufficient.

The view files are expected to be present in `src/Templates/Model/docx/`, but having `.ctp` filename extension. Inside your view files you will have access to the PHPWord library with `$this->PhpWord`. Check the [PHPWord](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord) documentation on how to use PHPWord.

Don't set the `_serialize` variable.

```
public function imprimatur($id)
{
    $this->viewBuilder()
         ->setClassName('PhpWordView.PhpWord');
    $imprimatur = $this->Imprimaturs->get($id);
    $this->set(compact('imprimatur'));
}
```

### Downloaded filename

[](#downloaded-filename)

The downloaded filename can be specified with the viewBuilder options, default is the action name.

```
    $this->viewBuilder()
         ->setClassName('PhpWordView.PhpWord')
         ->options([
             'wordConfig' => [
                 'filename' => 'imprimatur-' . $id,
             ]
         ]);
```

Troubleshooting
---------------

[](#troubleshooting)

A `Could not close zip file /tmp/PhpWord5gJC0Z` Exception might mean that there is a problem with the template.docx file have incorrect line ending. This can be solved by specifying docx files as binary in the `.gitattributes` file.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1 days

Total

4

Last Release

1353d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/44c21f5dfbb2cd0be4634b0aadc6be379670faff8cad7226b04c1a44bdb8143b?d=identicon)[MolbioUnige](/maintainers/MolbioUnige)

---

Top Contributors

[![MolbioUnige](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/27211819?v=4)](https://github.com/MolbioUnige "MolbioUnige (8 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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